Mitchell Robinson: “Another year, another disappointment”

Photo: Philadelphia 76ers/Twitter Doc Rivers is nothing but proud of his current Philadelphia 76ers team to have that significant connection with the franchise’s 1982-83 championship team. Philadelphia celebrated Monday the 40th anniversary of their 1983 championship team, as they conducted a halftime ceremony in a matchup against the Chicago Bulls…

Photo: OKC THUNDER/Twitter The Oklahoma City Thunder forward Aleksej Pokusevski embarks on his fourth NBA season with the team. Unfortunately, an injury sidelined him from representing Serbia in the World Championship. Now fully recovered, he managed to contribute two minutes in the season opener. “I’m coming back from injury, it…

Another exciting round in Spain, with some thrillers and also severe punishments. Justinian Jessup was crowned MVP of this round thanks to his brilliant game against Real Madrid, which was defeated by Casademont Zaragoza with 28 points by the American forward. Aday Mara, the Spanish top prospect, scored 8 points,…

Photo: ESPN Stats & Info/Twitter Indiana Pacers GM Chad Buchanan thinks that new assistant coach Jim Boylen will be a positive influence for defensive improvement after letting up 119.5 PPG last year. (via Indiana Pacers): “Coach Jim Boylen’s been added to our staff and he’s going to have a lot…

The Orlando Magic and Coach Jamahl Mosley have been impressed enough by Paolo Banchero’s Summer League play that they decided to shut him down for the rest of the Summer League after two games. Very solid opening night for Paolo. 17 pts, 6 reb, 4 last. (via @OrlandoMagic) pic.twitter.com/QQlxw6iHLH —…

Heading into Game 3, Coach Jason Kidd issued a few challenges to his young Mavs team. Those challenges mainly were to help make Luka Doncic’s life easier scoring, especially on the defensive end after the Suns targeted him relentlessly in Game 2. Well, it seems as though this Mavs team…